01989cam a22002657 4500001000700000003000500007005001700012008004100029100002100070245009800091260006600189490004200255500001400297520089900311530006101210538007201271538003601343690005501379690008101434700001401515710004201529830007701571856003801648856003701686w14988NBER20150303150234.0150303s2009 mau||||fs|||| 000 0 eng d1 aKaushal, Neeraj.10aFood Stamp Program and Consumption Choicesh[electronic resource] /cNeeraj Kaushal, Qin Gao. aCambridge, Mass.bNational Bureau of Economic Researchc2009.1 aNBER working paper seriesvno. w14988 aMay 2009.3 aWe study the effect of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) on consumption patterns in families headed by low-educated single mothers in the U.S. using the Consumer Expenditure Surveys for 1994-2004. Our analysis suggests that the food stamp caseload does not have any statistically significant association with per capita expenditure on food in families headed by low-educated single mothers. We find that state and federal welfare reforms during the 1990s lowered the food stamp caseload by approximately 18 percent and the introduction of the Electronic Benefit Transfer cards and simplified reporting procedures for recertification of food stamps increased participation by about seven percent. However, we do not find any evidence that these policies had any effect on total food expenditure, nor do we find any consistent evidence that the policies affected expenditures on specific food items. aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. aMode of access: World Wide Web. 7aI1 - Health2Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aI3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty2Journal of Economic Literature class.1 aGao, Qin.2 aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 0aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)vno. w14988.4 uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w1498841uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w14988